Mushi-Shi (2005)

Animation · Drama · Fantasy

Ginko, a Mushi master, travels from place to place researching the Mushi and helping people who are suffering because of it.

IMDb rating: 8.5 (16,528 votes)
Episode average: 8.1 -0.4 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Language: JA
Type: TV series

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Seasons

Season 1 (2005)

8.10 avg 26 episodes 7.7 → 8.2 23 min avg

Mid-peak

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Green Seat	7.7	461
2	Mabuta no hikari	8.0	403
3	Yawarakai kado	7.7	341
4	Pillow Lane	8.3	339
5	The Traveling Swamp	7.8	305
6	The Crowd That Inhales Dew	7.7	286
7	The Rain Comes, a Rainbow Forms	8.1	287
8	From the Sea Border	8.2	282
9	Heavy Fruit	7.9	255
10	White in the Ink Slab	7.8	248
11	The Mountain Sleeps	8.0	246
12	One-Eyed Fish	9.0	407
13	Bridge at Night	7.7	237
14	Inside the Cage	8.7	289
15	Exaggeration in Spring	8.1	244
16	Daybreak's Snake	8.1	235
17	Picking the Fake Cocoon	8.1	241
18	Clothes to Embrace the Mountain	7.8	235
19	String of Heaven	8.3	240
20	The Sea of Brushes	8.7	257
21	The Cotton Spore	8.8	293
22	Underwater Shrine	8.1	221
23	Twitter of Rusts	7.9	215
24	Journey in the Field of Fire	7.7	212
25	Eye of Fortune, Eye of Calamity	8.1	214
26	Sound of Stepping Grass	8.2	228